The Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball teams comes out of their exam break ranked in the top-25 in both polls for the first time this season. They get one tune-up before their first true road test against a solid Memphis team. But this game is Northeastern, who are ranked 211th on KenPom and are 0-4 against KenPom top-200 teams.
These two schools have played once before, back in 1989. That was part of the Virginia Tipoff Tournament (which was apparently a thing). Virginia rolled 82-60 led by 23 points from Bryant Stith.
Virginia figures to control this one, as they have all of the “lower” teams they’ve faced this season.